I work with journalists, and I know there's a wide variance in the level of basic education they have. Some of them are literate and knowledgeable enough to hold an intelligent conversation with a trilobyte, and some are not. Guess which category this one falls into.
[Episcopal Bishopess Katharine Jefferts] Schori has a new set of challenges to confront with a church in a state of crossroads - including the clergy's attitude about global warming, which Schori believes is a real crisis. Old ideals about divorce, contraception and same-sex marriage have given way to a new way of dealing with the modern world.
The latter issue provided the Episcopal church with much discourse during a recent convention when it appeared to relax its rules on alternative lifestyles.
"We did say as a church that it's appropriate or acceptable for individual congregations to bless couples as a matter of pastoral practice," she said.
Then, there are other changing signs.
"We're changing attitudes about divorce," she said. The church finds it appropriate to encourage divorce for the safety of the people involved.
"We're more flexible than the Catholic church," she said.
The irony is, Catholicism was part of the Episcopal Church before a split in the 1500s. (Emphasis mine)
Wait a minute, did the split come about because Horny Henry wouldn't give the Pope an annulment? I guess the history books must have gotten it garbled. Then again, why would a professional writer need to read books?
Sometimes my profession can be downright embarrassing.
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